Vanhanen II Cabinet

The second cabinet of Matti Vanhanen was the 70th cabinet and Government of Finland.[1] The cabinet held office from 19 April 2007 to 20 June 2010. The cabinet was a centre-right-led coalition, consisting of four parties: the Centre Party, the National Coalition Party, the Green League and the Swedish People's Party.

Vanhanen's Second Cabinet

70th Cabinet of Finland
Date formed19 April 2007
Date dissolved20 June 2010
People and organisations
Head of stateTarja Halonen
Head of governmentMatti Vanhanen
Member partiesCentre Party
National Coalition Party
Green League
Swedish People's Party
History
PredecessorVanhanen I Cabinet
SuccessorKiviniemi Cabinet
Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet

During Vanhanen's second cabinet, for the first time in history, there were more women (12) than men (8) in a Finnish government.

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen19 April 200722 June 2010Centre
Minister for Finance
Deputy Prime Minister
 Jyrki Katainen19 April 200722 June 2010National Coalition
Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Mari Kiviniemi19 April 200722 June 2010Centre
Minister for Foreign Affairs Ilkka Kanerva19 April 20074 April 2008National Coalition
 Alexander Stubb4 April 200822 June 2010National Coalition
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen19 April 200722 June 2010Centre
Minister for Defence Jyri Häkämies19 April 200722 June 2010National Coalition
Minister for Interior Anne Holmlund19 April 200722 June 2010National Coalition
Minister for Europe and immigration Astrid Thors19 April 200722 June 2010Swedish People's
Minister for Justice Tuija Brax19 April 200722 June 2010Green League
Minister for Education Sari Sarkomaa19 April 200719 December 2008National Coalition
 Henna Virkkunen19 December 200822 June 2010National Coalition
Minister for Culture and Sports Stefan Wallin19 April 200722 June 2010Swedish People's
Minister for Agriculture and forestry Sirkka-Liisa Anttila19 April 200722 June 2010Centre
Minister for Transport Anu Vehviläinen19 April 200722 June 2010Centre
Minister for Communications Suvi Lindén19 April 200722 June 2010National Coalition
Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen19 April 200722 June 2010Centre
Minister for Social Affairs and Health Liisa Hyssälä19 April 200724 May 2010Centre
 Juha Rehula24 May 201022 June 2010Centre
Minister for Health and Social Services Paula Risikko19 April 200722 June 2010National Coalition
Minister for Labour Tarja Cronberg19 April 200726 June 2009Green League
 Anni Sinnemäki26 June 200922 June 2010Green League
Minister for Environment Paula Lehtomäki19 April 200722 June 2010Centre
Minister for Housing Jan Vapaavuori19 April 200722 June 2010National Coalition
Preceded by
Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet
Cabinet of Finland
19 April 2007 – 22 June 2010
Succeeded by
Mari Kiviniemi's cabinet

References

  1. "History of Finnish Governments". 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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